He has done this almost every year of his rule as president of Russia. What started as a simple hourlong call-in show on state television has become a marathon production designed to portray Putin as a transparent and a caring leader.
For several hours, Putin would sit and take questions — ostensibly selected at random — on a variety of topics, from small-scale domestic issues to big-picture foreign policy developments. Often, citizens from far-flung regions were patched through to beg for help on extremely local issues. Putin then would sometimes call local officials right away to berate them for mismanagement.
A big question this year will then be how this changes the tone and flow of the conference. One typical mainstay of the event has been the lengths that Russian journalists would go to in order to catch his attention when he was taking a new question. Catchy posters, elaborate costumes — it was all fair game when Putin got on stage for the annual Q&A session.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters last week to expect a “rather lengthy and informative event,” though he did not specify how long Putin plans to talk or what kinds of issues he hopes to address. But there are a number of pressing issues that Putin is likely to touch on, most prominently — from a domestic perspective — being the pandemic.
Thursday’s conference will also be the first time that Putin will be making a prominent public appearance after
No virtual umbrellas allowed
Never ask or say anything critical of the man, and don’t call from your job or home. Then avoid people with umbrellas for at least a year after calling in.
Ask the Kremlin mafia boss radioactive killer of Europe KremlinRussia_E RusEmbUSA what he intends to do with his assets in the US like Kremlin agents realDonaldTrump, RandPaul, and SenRonJohnson.🤔
Yeah - feel free to ask Putin anything,... if you dare!😬
Ya think someone may ask him why he kills his political adversaries with plutonium? Most importantly they should ask to see a copy of the infamous Pee-Pee tape!
Nah. We good.
Russian Citizenship Speak up ask V. Putin Vincit_Omnia_Veritas Truth conquers all things Namaste - Alhamdulillah - Gitche_Manitou - Hallelujah_Shalom
GREAT MAN!!
What’s your poison?
As a tribute to Trebek, he will only be answering in the form of a question.
The American people gave Joe Biden a swift kick in the ass at the polls on election day here in the USA.
Let me guess, it’ll be scripted
Said the Dictator ............in his annual tradition of murder and torture
Absent will be those who asked awkward questions last year and seem to have disappeared.
I hope he spills some good Trumpy info
Ah yes, I am sure this will not be orchestrated at all